> I just want to state for the record that firing an Omega
> class weapon on the ground, let alone in an atmosphere, is
> a bad idea (tm). Based on some _very_ rough calculations
> (and I know there's more than what I did, but it should be
> in the ballpark), the water will come out at a rate of over
> 100k/sec/sec -
One too many /sec in there, but that's about right. Of course, one doesn't need to aim for the bottom on the marianas trench: 400 miles stright down is also a possibility, assuming I didn't like someone enough to put a volcano on them...
> assuming a gate 4 square meters in area you could flood
> the island of Manhattan to a depth of 1 foot in just under
> 45 seconds, and the entire state of Rhode Island to a depth
> of about 1 foot in 20 minutes!
Manhattan is too cool and they've been through enough recently, but I've been to RI and flooding wouldn't be a bad idea
(JOKE!). The gate you describe is far beyond my capabilities, I've only got about a third that; a 5 foot sqaure, so I even have to duck my head going through.
But yeah, the wall of high pressure water is pretty devestating without creating a long term clean-up problem, except for the unusual sea creature sushi.
Skitz
> class weapon on the ground, let alone in an atmosphere, is
> a bad idea (tm). Based on some _very_ rough calculations
> (and I know there's more than what I did, but it should be
> in the ballpark), the water will come out at a rate of over
> 100k/sec/sec -
One too many /sec in there, but that's about right. Of course, one doesn't need to aim for the bottom on the marianas trench: 400 miles stright down is also a possibility, assuming I didn't like someone enough to put a volcano on them...
> assuming a gate 4 square meters in area you could flood
> the island of Manhattan to a depth of 1 foot in just under
> 45 seconds, and the entire state of Rhode Island to a depth
> of about 1 foot in 20 minutes!
Manhattan is too cool and they've been through enough recently, but I've been to RI and flooding wouldn't be a bad idea
(JOKE!). The gate you describe is far beyond my capabilities, I've only got about a third that; a 5 foot sqaure, so I even have to duck my head going through. But yeah, the wall of high pressure water is pretty devestating without creating a long term clean-up problem, except for the unusual sea creature sushi.
Skitz